Erin's Spiritual Readings

[Erin Pavlina]

Aw, thanks Pam. One of the things I enjoy most about doing the readings is having the opportunity to connect with total strangers. For a moment our paths connect. I love it.

[shesaboutspirit]

Not sure where to put this question...but it relates to your last post so...

Are you and Steve considering a possible get together at some point, in your town perhaps...not necessarily your living room where we can all come together for a weekend and share in person?

I think that would be awesome!


Pam

[Steve Pavlina]

Most definitely. We already hold regular meetings in our home for a small group, but we can't make it any bigger without a more formal structure. Once we get past about 8 people, it starts to become chaotic. We've been discussing various ways to host a bigger group -- planned outings, workshops, an informal meet-up, etc.

Before we get into this, we intend to recruit some help for our business, so we can take on more projects like this one w/o overloading ourselves.

[shesaboutspirit]

Thank you so much for responding. Gosh...you really do have people in your living room...nothing like adding a few hundred more

I'll bet lots of us want to keep updated on potential get togethers that may come along eventually. Where is the best place for us to look for updates on this?

Blessings,

Pam

[Steve Pavlina]

Everything gets announced in the blog, so that's the best place to look. If we do any kind of big group gathering, it certainly won't be a secret.

[leahj77]

I wanted to follow-up on my previous follow-up about my reading with Erin.

I asked, "I have written a religious memoir and am ready to take the next step in editing the manuscript. How do the spirits advise I go about finding an editor or coach and taking the manuscript to the next level."

Erin answered, "Okay they're telling me that you need to begin with the end in mind. You're not sure this is going to be published and you're going to subconsciously sabotage yourself from making it happen. They want me to tell you that this particular manuscript may not be published, or at least not the way you expect. But you must still move forward with the intention because this is part of a long path you're going to be on. Let me see if I can clarify that since it was confusing. Your third dimensional advice from them is to go to Para Publishing - Welcome to Para Publishing and you'll find all the resources you need to get your book published. Their 4th dimensional advice is that this book does not need to be published in order for you to learn the lesson it was teaching. Writing it was the most important part. Let go of expectations, but it's okay to have an intention."

Over the past week or so, I've been complimented on my writing. From readers of my blog, newsletter editors, co-workers. Then I got an email from a friend and fellow Jew by Choice telling me about a book that was accepting submissions. Instead of the usual 1000 word limit, it was a 4000 word limit. So I decided to distill my book into a 4000 word essay and submit it.

I feel really good about that decision and it was a no-brainer after getting the above guidance. I needed to write the book to solidify my judaism and there are many books in my future, possibly even memoirs. But does it have to be the first one I wrote? Nope.

Thanks for helping me be open to sharing my story in a different way.

[Motherwren]

At the risk of being accused of "first post syndrome", I wanted to share my story. I created my account in fact to do just that, as a small token of thanks to Erin for changing my life.
It's been difficult for me to find the words to express something so incredibly personal and so deeply emotional. I'm still not sure how well I can do this but I wanted to try, for Erin and for those of you who may be on the fence about getting a reading. Let me assure you that she is the real deal. I understand skepticism and have even taken a class before about how "psychics" can use cues such as body language, or subtleties in your language, how you are dressed etc, to extract information about you to give you an "astounding" reading.
First of all I had an e mail reading so many of those subtleties were non-existent and as far as information that I gave her well, there was NO evidence of that in what she actually told me.
Erin was able to contact my father who passed suddenly 2 weeks before the birth of my first child. I didn't know what I was getting into when I requested a reading, or maybe I should say I wasn't prepared for her to actually MAKE this contact. I think I will be floored by this for the rest of my life.
I wanted to know how he died, an actual cause of death, because I had never been given that. I was told that there was a blockage (which indeed there was since he had athersclerosis in the first place). He also confirmed that my son shares part of his name. He also told me that he is proud of me and that he didn't tell me that when he was alive, which was true (even though I knew ). He said that I shouldn't worry so much and that I make things more difficult than they actually are (also true). I also asked about the dysfunction in our family (with no specifics) and he metioned a sister, and a wish that he handled the situation with her more directly. The dysfunction I asked about WAS specifically about his sister and their estrangement. He also mentioned my own sister and that he doesn't want us repeating the same mistakes (we're already on that path). He said that he is hanging around because there were so many loose ends. There was a lot more to this and it's hard to paraphrase.
Erin was also in touch with my guides who told me to surrender control with regard to my upcoming labor and delivery. The nail as they say was hit directly on the head with that one and I had even hired a doula who used those exact words. I asked about my son and was told not to smother him (and I am indeed overprotective).
I am trying to touch on the main points here. It's difficult to translate accurately because there were several e mails back and forth.
I told her before that I was afraid that I couldn't do her justice and I still have that feeling.
If you have ever seen John Edwards at work, when he really connects with people and you get the chills well, that's what Erin does. He's got nothing on her as far as I'm concerned!

[lauraness]

Okay, this is my first post here, but hopefully y'all will forgive me.

I've had 3 readings from Erin since early August, 1 email reading and 2 phone readings. I also have an email reading and another phone reading booked, so I obviously find value in her work.


At the time of my first (email) reading, I was in a total state of flux with regards to career and (single) parenthood and being pulled in opposite directions. My son, a gifted guitarist, had been awarded a spot in the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts for this school year, but the day I found out he got accepted was the same day I was laid off. With no immediate job prospects, no savings and no place to live, I moved us from Baltimore back home to Alabama. I tried desparately over the summer to land another job in Baltimore before school started back. I got really close to landing one job, but they were asking me to fly to Baltimore for an in-person interview the same day I had two deadlines at the (lucrative) job I'd taken in Alabama. Something didn't feel right about it so I declined. But then I felt bad about giving up that opportunity so I contacted Erin.

According to her, I'd not chosen wisely. My son was destined to go to that school, and possibly the entire reason we were in Baltimore for 7 years was for him to get to go to that school. That felt like a punch in the gut. Her metaphor was my son was in the World Series and he hit a homerun and I was the proud parent in the stands, cheering him on. That's exactly how I felt about him getting accepted into that school. I couldn't have been prouder.

But before we moved back here, I had wonderful dreams about good things happening to me if we moved here, like finding true love. And I did manage to land the perfect job for me here in Alabama, manifesting it out of thin air. Then once I got back down here, I started having dreams and flashes of insight about something bad happening to my father, health-wise, so I felt like I needed to be here now. We lost Mom almost 7 years ago and am not ready to lose Dad, too.

Meanwhile, it was time for our first phone reading. Erin immediately saw a 'dark' figure around me, male energy, very oppressive. At first I thought it was my dad, but then she said 'evil' and my dad isn't evil, just a bit overbearing and judgmental. I finally figured out it was a person with whom I'd been friends since the 7th grade, very close to (but not romantically linked), and from whom I'd been renting rooms in his house in downtown Baltimore until May. She said his actions (kicking us out of his house in May for no good reason) effectively derailed my son's life path because he was meant to go to that school. She said he was a dangerous person and didn't need to know where we were, and that we'd come back to Alabama for safety. That was shocking, to me, that his evil personality was so strong he'd still be surrounding me in this reading 3 months later, and that his one act of interference derailed my son's path.

Erin connected with my mother during this reading. She said my mother was furious at my (former) friend. My mom never trusted or liked him, and I could picture her giving him what-for. Then Erin said my mom was working on a special project for me--now that I was back home, I'd meet a wonderful man, probably through work, and something about him or some trinket he had would remind me of her. I'm not entirely sure just yet but there's one guy who holds promise.

She also said my son would meet a girl at a school in Alabama, and this girl would help him mature and be more responsible and would be a good influence on him. She said to think about staying here for a year and then going to another arts school, so I enrolled my son into school in Alabama when we moved into a big house on a lake with my dad.

A couple of months after moving to this house, I was having more dreams about something happening to Dad, and wasn't really getting anywhere in the romance department, but things were going well for my son at his new school. My son did meet a girl at this school and she's helped him get to school on time by driving him there herself. He's getting up early now to ride to school with the cute girl. And she takes him to church with her sometimes, so she seems to be a good influence.

Then one morning I woke up to a voice saying, "You've got four more weeks." What the heck? Four more weeks to live? Four more weeks before I win the lottery? What on Earth? So of course I had to talk to Erin again!

Erin said the four weeks meant I'd have four more weeks of relative ease and then my life would get difficult again. Not what I wanted to hear, but at least I'd still be alive! I asked about my dad's health and she said he had several chronic health issues but nothing that was going to take him out anytime soon. See, I was also thinking it might be four weeks until something happened to Dad like I'd been dreaming.

Here's what happened:
Four weeks after hearing the voice, work got really busy and hasn't let up since.
Two weeks after that, my dad almost died. Yeah, really. He had a dissected aorta, and if I hadn't been here in Alabama, living with him and able to drive him to the ER, he'd have died that night in his sleep. But he's okay. He had emergency open heart surgery. As soon as he told me he thought I needed to take him to the ER, I knew he'd be okay, because if he weren't meant to be okay, I'd be in Baltimore right now. So Erin was right about him not dying anytime soon, but all the dreams and messages I was getting about Dad were also spot-on (pay attention to your intuition, people!).

So anyway, yeah, I'm convinced Erin is the real deal. And her readings really help clear my mind and focus on what's important. She's also helped to ease my mind over things, too. What she's offered me is like the missing piece of a puzzle in some cases and a map in others. I'm looking forward to these next readings because as fast as her skills have progressed, I think we'll be able to cover a lot more ground and understand each other better. And I want to hear what Mom has to say about Dad almost coming to join her!

[Motherwren]

Lauraness, you're not the only one to make their first post in this particular thread . I really like learning about other people's readings with Erin. Thanks for sharing.

[maverickstruth]

Alrighty... so some time has passed since I got my reading from Erin, and I thought I would post a follow-up. You can find my original reading earlier in the thread.

The decision? I am not applying to graduate school, but will re-evaluate in time for next years' admissions (so in about 9 months).

One thing I found interesting in my reading was this bit:

Still, you have free will and can ultimately change even the spiritual contract you made with yourself before you incarnated. So that option is yours as well.

The reason I found this interesting is that it was even worth a mention. Certainly one is able to choose differently than what the "original plan" was... but yet Erin (or the guides, I'm not sure who was/is speaking here) made a point of saying it. Perhaps they/she knew that this would ultimately be my choice.

It may seem counter-intuitive, given that my reading so specifically said that I should go directly to graduate school (do not pass go, do not collect $200). And yet, it was only after I had made the decision, that (when I went back and re-read my reading) the above statement stuck out to me. When I first got my reading, the imagery of the "college library", of being "overwhelmed", and of knowing I would regret not trying all struck me as being "right", and so that's what stuck out ot me. The part about "knowing what I want to do" struck me as being strange, because that was my reason for getting the reading in the first place. So that stuck out to me. To be honest, I still don't know what I would study if I were to go to grad school -- at least, not on a conscious level. But now, having decided not to go, it's the permission to change the plan that sticks out to me.

In retrospect, the whole situation is a bit strange to me, really. I don't doubt Erin's ability to do readings -- I believe that she really did contact my guides, and that what she passed on to me is really what they had to say. But at the same time, in some way, the reading left me unsatisfied. Only when I chose not to go with Erin's interpretation of what my guides said did I feel peace in my heart. For better or for worse, I feel comfortable, even knowing that what I have chosen is not in accordance with the original plan.

I don't know the details of how Erin's readings work. I don't know to what extent the framing of the question impacts her interpretation of the messages. My questions were very geared toward the idea of going to grad school or not -- but libraries are found in places that aren't colleges or universities. So I don't know how much my questions influenced the reading.

But that isn't what makes me feel comfortable in making the decision to go against the advice in my reading. It's not that I'm justifying my choice by saying "well, she could have misinterpreted", because I know that Erin is good at what she does, and that the message she got from the guides seemed pretty clear. I only even mention it here is for those skeptics who might pass by: I'm comfortable with my choice, even though I know it's going against what the reading was. It has nothing to do with Erin's ability to do a reading, because I know that she can, and does. This is a vote of confidence, not one of skepticism.

But I guess, in the end, what makes me comfortable is something that I learned long ago: the most important thing for me to do when making any sort of decision is to listen to my heart. In this case, my heart was telling me that you just can't fit a square peg (me) into a round hole (academia). And so I based my choice on that, and respectfully declined the advice of my guides -- at least at this point. I might surprise us all by going back when I re-evaluate in a year.

I'm sorry this is such a lengthy missive, but (a) I'm avoiding studying for my final exams -- by the way, Erin, the field I'm in right now (and thus the one I was looking at) is Religious Studies. Don't know if that meshes with what the guides were showing you or not -- and (b) because I'm still working through a lot of this in my head. My heart seems to have it all figured out, but my head is still trying to play catch-up.

So then, I guess the only thing I'm left wondering is... clearly, you can change the contract you made with yourself... but what are the consequences of doing so? In this case, this is a conscious decision on my part, but I would assume that one can also go against the spiritual contract without being aware that s/he is doing so... of course, I could be mistaken. But what happens when you do? Is there an "alternate scenario" clause in the contract? Or by making this decision, am I "going off the chart" so-to-speak...

I don't know how involved the response(s) to this question may be, but if it's too involved, might I suggest (request) a blog entry on the subject? :-)

[Erin Pavlina]

You may not have changed your contract. And you may have.

It may be that you are going to take a circuitous route to getting where you want to go. It could be that you will find another way to learn the lessons you would have learned by going to college. Or you may still look back 4 years from now and think, "Oh shoot, I should have gone to grad school" Time will tell.

A psychic told me something once and it was a warning and I was able to avoid the situation when it presented itself thanks to her warning. So things and plans are not set in stone. You can take a different path. It's just that certain things that would have happened in grad school now need to happen on your new path. The guides will adjust the plan and get you where you need to go even on this path.

[maverickstruth]

Hehe, that's kinda what I figured. It's like when I've studied Daoism in the past, the topic of the I Ching, Oracle Bones, etc. comes up, and the one thing that has always been emphasized is that the reading is a reading of the energies present in that moment. When choices and actions change, the energies change. As the energies change, so do the readings. I figured that your readings would probably be similar, but just wanted to confirm! Thanks again!

[daveangeles]

Hey, just read your post, and although I'm not psychic like Erin...

A couple of thoughts for you.

1) You pay good money for psychic guidance and then basically do the exact opposite of what is told, citing the fact that you need to listen to your 'heart'

Make sure you aren't just being lazy about not going to grad school. After all, we can justify almost anything. And -- in the end -- your choices don't matter that much much we're spiritual beings. But still, it may have an impact on your experiences.

2) I'm not trying to antagonize you. I see an element of myself in your explanation. I used to ask for advice from people, then go do my own thing anyway and tell myself I was listening to my 'heart' or 'inner knowledge' etc.

Just be 100 hundred percent certain that you're listening to your higher self and not merely to your ego. I have mistaken ego for heart in the past.

Either way, good luck. This has been a cool thread to read through!

[maverickstruth]

Hey Dave,

Appreciate the thoughts... :-) Trust me when I say I'm not being lazy about going to grad school... It's hard to say this without sounding "full of myself", but quite honestly, doing the application for grad school wasn't a worry for me. I was/am fortunate enough to basically be a shoo-in for whatever grad school I might choose, so while the application process would have been "important" (insofar as taking the time to write it out), it really wouldn't have been an issue. Laziness just doesn't factor in. As you mentioned, I paid good money for psychic guidance -- which was a greater factor than might be anticipated, since I actually agonized for weeks about whether or not I could even afford to get the reading. After picking up a couple of shifts of work a week, I made it work. Those who know me would know that the fact that I paid for the opportunity to receive the guidance would almost make it a surety that I would follow the advice given. Spending money would have made me more likely to do what was said. But yet, even the fact that I spent money on it, in the end, didn't tip the scale. I will admit, it did for a while. For a while, I thought "well, the guides said it, so that's what I'll do." But after I had made that decision, I became basically impossible to be around. I made the decision with my head to go with what the guides said, and as a result, those I love most were on eggshells with me for the greater part of a month.

As for listening to my heart, I can completely understand what you mean about doing the opposite just because someone says so. That was me for a large part of my life. "Marches to the beat of her own drum" was the comment I would always get from my family. I would say that I was just doing what "felt right", only to later learn that my ego was going on overdrive. But over time, I learned the difference. Gut instinct, intuition, listening to my heart... when I got quiet, and listened, I realized that they all said the same thing... and that it was often the very opposite of what my head (ego) was saying.

If I was making this choice rationally, based on what I wanted to do, based on the "I", I'd go to grad school. Why not? I could easily do it. Yet for the few weeks I had made that determination, I was miserable with my "decision". So I re-evaluated. Got quiet. Listened. And realized that I hadn't actually made the decision for myself, nor had I chosen what was best for myself. I had let the guides make the decision, I had let my advisors make the decision, I had let my friends and family make the decision... I had let rationality make the decision.

That being said... could I have made a mistake? Sure. That's why I will re-evaluate in time for next years' decision. Not going to grad school now doesn't mean never. It just means not now. I might get another reading at that point, might not. I might ask advisors, I might not. I might talk to friends and family, I don't know. What I do know is that the moment I made my choice not to apply, the wave of release washed over me. I wasn't in bondage to my "choice", I was a participant in it. I was no longer "impossible" to be around, and I could get back on with the business of living.

In the end, I'm on this path to learn as I go. Mistakes will be made. But I also learned long ago that a mistake isn't a bad thing so long as you learn from it. It's a process, a journey, and eventually, I will reach my destination.

Another long missive, but there it is... hopefully it will be of benefit to someone out there.

[Ann]

I am proud to say that I was one of the first people whom Erin gave me a phone reading two or three days after she launched on the web back in June.

It came at the right time because I was at a point in my life where I was confused and stuck and there were external forces against me.

During the reading, Erin gave me a metaphor of a "white male stallion (spelling? Young horse) running away freely and does not like to be domesticated". I thought it was funny because I have always wanted to run my own business, but my parents were against it and wanted me to do a Masters. She also said once I have my own freedom, I could pursue whatever I want without somebody's will imposed on me.

Since I was no longer happy living where I was, I moved to England which has made all the difference.

She has told me to follow my heart and I have been extremely happy since I have done my reading with her.

About the man in my life, she said I would meet him between Year 2 and Year 3 of building my business (I still don't know to this day what she means by Year 2 and Year 3) and she emphasized he likes stability and he will watch me grow in my business. I will face lots of challenges between Year 2 and Year 3, but at the end of Year 3, my business will become successful.

At the moment, I'm not focused on my business due to my Masters studies but I recently met a guy whom I am very close friends with. I calculated our Numerology numbers and it's soul mate connection. So, I'm wondering if it's him or not even though he is dating a girl lol

Anyways, I'm thankful for Erin to have done a reading for me and will definitely consult her again if I experience another crisis.

[kgiuliani]

I had an email reading done in August last year - and I didn't really ask very specific questions.

I asked about my son's father, who is verbally abusive and controlling and I was having the hardest time breaking away from him (even though I had moved out 5 years previously).

I asked about my path.

And I asked about ghosts in my room which show up in pics as white orbs. Someone pointed them out to me on myspace.

My comments are bold

About Rod: They're saying you should be using your intuition regarding Rod. That you go back and forth between feeling what you should do about him and thinking what you should do about him. Yes, there is karma there in that relationship. What you need to learn here is that it's okay to put your needs first. If he isn't fitting in with your life plan then it's okay to let him go, or push him out if you have to. You deserve the best. Go with your gut on this one, they are telling me. This is a test for you.


Yes, I know Rod has been one of my biggest challenges and tests in this lifetime. I sometimes forget that and get caught up in the words that come out of his mouth and even take them personally. It is because of him that I have discovered a totally different way of looking at things and have been pushed to learn more and more spiritually.

I knew there was some sort of karma in this relationship... I did do a past life regression once and he was there as woman who I (as a man) had treated badly.

I don't quite know what to think of the feeling versus thinking part of this yet.

We'll get to the spirits in a second…


Words of advice: yes, they are telling me that you are not following your true spiritual path but you know what it is. You are allowing third dimensional problems and issues to keep you from taking the next steps on your spiritual path. They are telling me that you are very very attuned to the spiritual planes and that you know when your guides are talking to you. But now they want you to take action instead of just listening. Use your abilities to help other people. Oh, they are also telling me that you sometimes doubt your "abilities" and that it's time to stop doing that too. They're there, you've got em, don't be afraid to use them. And they're telling me there is a nice, quiet strength in you, and to use that as well.


I have had a sense that I am to teach people about joy, specifically women. So many women in this world live a life of sacrifice and are not smiling a lot about the way they're living! They go through the motions never experiencing anything but burden (I know all about that - I was there myself). I can feel myself "in the flow" when I'm helping people look at their lives differently and telling them its OK to do things for yourself. The answer I don't have is how do I support myself doing that? I know there is a way and I'm at the edge of discovering it but I'm not there yet.


Okay they're showing me a metaphorical image now. The image is of you holding a roll of raw cookie dough (like Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough). You're looking around to see if anyone is looking and then you just take a nice big bite out of the cookie dough. You feel like you're not supposed to be doing that, but your guides want me to tell you that it's okay to eat the cookie dough that way if you want. No one is going to judge you. Some people just prefer cookie dough to cookies. And they want me to say, "If God didn't want people to eat raw cookie dough, he wouldn't have created it." Accept that you are someone who prefers raw cookie dough to cookies. No shame there.


I believe this can only refer to sex... and how society looks at sexual experiences of the unmarried. Guess its ok to experiment and have fun! Ha ha! I already knew that. I am at a stage in my life where I am trying all different types of cookie dough especially young cookie dough!

Now to the spirits… what they're telling me is that you will sense a presence in your room and that there have also been instances where you hear noises or things fall off tables. Is that correct? The sense I'm getting is that this is a deceased person from your life, someone who really wants to get your attention. It's not a bad spirit and it's not a guide. Definitely a deceased relative or friend who wants you to know that he is there (feels male). Acknowledge the presence when you feel it. Also, they're telling me that you attract other spirits who are looking in on you. It's like they're curious. You're definitely attracting them though. It's like you lit a flame and said, "Here moths! Come check it out." So that's something to consider, you can blow the flame out if you want, or you can actually crank it up and get to know some of these spirits. But if they are bothering you, ask them to leave.


I think the spirit in my room is one of a deceased co-worker. He's the first one that died that I could "feel". I sensed he wanted me to give his girlfriend a message but I just couldn't figure out what he was saying. He's a hippy kinda guy and we really weren't getting along when he died. I also don't sense any sort of negative energy with him.

I do get "feelings" from different spirits, like when my mother died she made sure I knew she was experiencing such ecstatic joy and felt like sunshine. When I meditate, I can always "find" my father and usually my mother together.. like they are the same energy now. Maybe that's what the "flame" is referring to.

I asked about this because of the presence of white orbs in many of my pics taken in my bedroom. There aren't any in other rooms in my house.

Interesting energy around you, I'll say that. It was a pleasure reading for you!

I'm thinking of doing another reading since I believe I'm involved in another karmic relationship. From the moment this man messaged me, I just "knew" there was something there - something that's supposed to be. Hard to describe really.

I did finally end it with Rod although it will never be fully over since we have a son together who I get the feeling is destined for some greatness and is meant to be here.

[jer]

Erin, can email readings still be done. I don't see where to sign-up
for one, only phone and in-person.

[Erin Pavlina]

I discontinued the email readings for a variety of reasons. I mentioned it in another thread, but perhaps I should do a quick blog entry about it.

[Jason S]

Erin, thanks. I found your advice to be unexpected, accurate, subtle, and in a positive way, challenging. I have already recommended your services to others.

Your comments to me made quite a positive impact. I must say, at one point, I felt as if you were treating me a bit gingerly--as if you wasn't sure if I was putting you on. This struck me as odd, since I am far from a skeptic, and after our call, I spent some time considering your approach. I suddenly got a strong image of Evander Holyfield coming to my house for advice on how to make himself strong enough to stand up to the local bully... this image quite literally knocked the wind out of me, and tied into place for me the one loose end from our conversation.

For the next few days following our reading, I also felt as if you had left the "gates" open, so to speak. I know, it's easy to find patterns if you go looking. Still, the stuff I started experiencing was not anything I was looking for. Nor was it anything that pertained to our conversation. Instead, it was images, words, and feelings about disparate work and family issues--disconnected content--that was related only in how I experienced it, and in the fact that the guidance was consistently "right."

For me, the net impact of the reading has been as if you introduced me to a new set of friends who have since all decided that they want their own, direct relationships with me... and who turn out to be quite assertive in trying to developing those relationships!

Again, thanks.

[carenkh]

I didn't know this thread existed when I posted my experience:

My Reading with Erin

It's been an interesting month! Erin's reading was just the boost I needed to get my arse in gear. I have been more willing to give people the impressions I pick up when I give reiki; more willing to trust that, yes, I can be a channel for this knowledge.

I laughed when I re-read in my post - "I don't know if I can *make* it happen." Well -- I can't. It *is* happening, all the time. The question is, will I tune in? And I am tuning in, more and more now. I'm very glad I got my reading.

Gassho~

[impaul99]

I'm not sure if this is true, but I think your readings will only be as clear as your willingness to believe the possibility of such things.

I did two readings with Erin, and both of them provided some insight, but nothing too spectacular that would send shivers up my back. They sounded more like very intuitive thoughts/suggestions anyone else could have offered me, psychic or not. In one reading I asked Erin to tell me the names of my Spirit Guides, because I really wanted to know that info but she couldn't get names for me, and suggested I try contacting the guides myself. That didn't sit well with me at that time.

BUT, then a short while later I started working with a life coach that is also a psychic and she started to help me get comfortable with the whole concept of guides, spirits, psychic phenomena etc. and slowly I started to release my doubts and beliefs in the area. My ego fought back with fear, but eventually I started making progress.

Shortly after that I made contact with my own spirit guides and learned their names through meditation and help from Erin's articles on how to do that (which she recommended in her reading). THen I understood why Erin couldn't get me their names, because if she did I wouldn't have gone through the growth phase to learn to do it myself. I'm not sure if the guides told her that, or if they just didn't tell her names because they wanted to to speak to me directly.

Anyway, I have become MUCH more open to the whole process and just last week I booked a reading with a totally different psychic who doesn't know me at all. I wanted to see how accurate she could get now that I was much more open to it. Her reading was totally dead on. She answered my questions which was really cool, but to really top things off she also told me that she sees me moving soon to a new city, with much more room for me and my family. That blew me away because we just bought a house on a 5 acre lot in a different city and are moving in a month or so. Besides myself, only a few people in my family know about this and there is no info that I gave her that would lead her to know that.

So I think that the accuracy of psychic readings is also largely dependant on your ability to accept a reality in which such things can exist.

If you're stubbornly opposing the possibility and your ego is afraid of the implications of such things being true and you're just doing your reading to prove to yourself that it's all fake, don't be surprised if your reading is "weak".

Oh, and don't bother wasting your time "testing" a psychic. Just the intention of trying to "test" them, sets the whole energy up for failure so they'll fail your ego's tests. It doesn't mean they are fraud's, it just means you're choosing to not allow such things into your world yet. Come back when you're more open minded.

[Erin Pavlina]

Yes, usually guides won't give me names. Sometimes they do, when it's important. But usually they want the person to find out for themselves. it's an intimate relationship between a guide and their charge and the trust, faith, and confidence has to be there.

Plus, a name... it doesn't mean anything. You think guides use names up there? It's about energy signatures. The spirit guide who helps me in my White Room told me to call him whatever I wanted, as long as I recognized him, he didn't mind being called whatever name I wanted to give him. I call him Bob (he looks like a Bob). Don't ever get hung up on the names.

But Paul brings up an interesting point. When I read for someone who is skeptical, it creates static in my antenna. So the information is sometimes not as clear. When I read for someone who is high awareness and is at a high vibration the information just floods into me. You can dampen a psychic's ability to read you and you can also open a clearer channel. Definitely true in my experiences.

[iry]

Hi Erin,

Do you do phone reading with people outside USA? How's the phone reading process look like?

Do we start with talking about our problems?

[Bitsy]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

This is very important. When I do a reading I am reading the energy at the time of the reading. When I tell you that if you do X then Y will happen, that is true. If you go off and do A instead, then Y may not happen. Free will can change your predicted future. One of the purposes of getting a reading is to know if there is something coming in your future that you do want to change, so you have time to take a different path.

This is to Erin, I hope she will see it:

Erin, I am considering asking for a reading, but I am scared, because I have had awful experiences resorting to "other-worldly" help, most recently, and the worst yet, was in January. They usually set me back so far, it takes me a week to recover my composure (and I paid a lot of money to get set back and seriously disappointed).

The thing is, I may take a decision in the coming months that is going to permanently affect not only my life path, but the life path of at least one or two other people.

I read that you wrote: "Now, when I tune in, it’s like I’m flying above the person’s maze and I can see where they are. If they are standing at a crossroad (as is often the reason people come to me), I can tell them what will happen if they select each road ahead of them."

That seems perfect for what I need and when I read your description, intuitively, I guess, I felt it was true, I mean, it felt authentic and good, and encouraging. When I read what you wrote in the quote above from this thread, though, I got confused. If you are reading the energy at that moment, how can you know what will happen even on one road, to say nothing of 3 different ones? If the energy of the boyfriend, for example, or of some other person directly or indirectly involved changes, as happened in Elaine's case, how can you know any outcome, of her relationship, of her career...imagine if she had left him to pursue her career, when she didn't even have to. If Elaine had presented you with the road she ended up taking - moving to a new place with her boyfriend - would you have been able to see on that road that she would get a new good job and her boyfriend would become happy and supportive and that it would work out with him?

Personally, I will have roughly 3 roads to ask about, one I am currently on, and two alternatives, and at least one of them will bring me a lot of strife, one of them I don't want to do at all and I don't know if any of the roads will lead to my goal, which is ultimately all I want. If you are not able to tell me what will happen on each of these 3 roads or at least where they will lead, it won't be useful for me to have a reading (I also can't afford another catastrophe like the one in January, financially or mentally).

If a small thing like a move from one place to another can shift energy, how can you see what will happen, for example, with regards to a relationship with a certain person? I have huge changes in store for me in the near future, not the least of which include an international move. (Actually, that is related to the paths I have to choose from.)

I forgot something - is there a more appropriate place I could ask a question about my personal potential reading, somewhere I know Erin would see and answer it?

Thanks!
Sincerely,
Lucia

P.S. Iry, she does international phone readings. You can find out more from her website: Erin Pavlina’s Blog

[Erin Pavlina]

Iry: Yes, I do a lot of readings for people internationally. Australia, Japan, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands. I haven't heard so many accents in a long time. As long as you speak English moderately well, we'll be okay.

As for what a reading is like, first I will tune in to your guides, angels, and higher self and they will give me a metaphorical image which I'll explain, describe, and explore with you. that usually covers the area you're most concerned with or it's the message your guides most want you to hear. After that you can ask me specific questions about specific areas of your life. I like to give the guides the first opportunity to express their message before we get to specific questions. Often the guides will answer the very first question on your list before you've even told me what it is.

Lucia: I can understand your hesitation. I have to say that my specialty appears to be helping people make choices. When I'm flying above your maze I can see where you are on the path and what will happen if you go in each direction. NOW! The guides won't always reveal what will happen if you go down a certain path and I've come to understand that when they do that it's because having the faith, love, and courage to decide to walk a certain path is THE lesson they want you to learn. But at the very least I can tell you if the outcome will be something pleasant or not so pleasant.

I don't make decisions for people. I don't tell people what they must do. I give them their options as they are given to me by the guides. It's all about free will. But a little foreknowledge and confirmation can go a long way. A decision you might be weighing heavily could become easy to make during/after a reading with me.

It's like my job is to get you unstuck and flowing back in the center of your river. I can see if you're paddling your canoe against the flow, and I can help you see what direction will take you where you truly want to go.

[Bitsy]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

NOW! The guides won't always reveal what will happen if you go down a certain path and I've come to understand that when they do that it's because having the faith, love, and courage to decide to walk a certain path is THE lesson they want you to learn. But at the very least I can tell you if the outcome will be something pleasant or not so pleasant.

It's like my job is to get you unstuck and flowing back in the center of your river. I can see if you're paddling your canoe against the flow, and I can help you see what direction will take you where you truly want to go.

Actually, I was hoping not to have to have any word from my guides either, because I know they will just tell me what the last one told me (someone else's guide - a "being of light", not mine) and which anyone in the world would tell me and so help me God, that is not even an option. I also know I'm paddling against the flow, but if I weren't, there would be no choice to make, no problem and I don't even think I would be myself - I would be doing what "anyone in the world" would tell me to do.

The benevolent entities (or the one mentioned above) seem to have a problem when you ultimately don't want to know what will happen to you and don't want to help yourself per se, but you are concerned about someone else and how you can help them, at least, that was my last experience, so I was told to do something anyone on the street would tell me to do and that devastated me even further (as if the light being thought that, since I was still breathing, I wasn't devastated enough) and had nothing to do with helping the person in question. And I do hate it when I am told what I should do; it means that what I am asking help about is not what they want me to be doing at all and they don't even want to talk to me about it, and once I pick myself up again, after a week or however long it takes, having only gotten their discouragement and no help for what I asked about, I will continue even more vehemently in the direction they did not want me to go in (but, unfortunately, probably not before doing something very stupid in my desperation).

If, however, my guides would not allow me to know any outcome, I would be grateful, compared to the last experience I had. That light being did clearly not even know what had happened in my situation, except for the things I told the channeler, and could not even feel the effect he was having on me, which even a robot could have felt.

Because my mental state is so volatile, and I'm so isolated in my life, I have to consider carefully who I consult for advice. I just depend on myself out of necessity.

It sounds comforting, though, the thought of being told what direction will get me where I want to go, if such a direction exists. I would be more grateful and...well, I'd be downright estatic if a clarifying development occured in the situation that was beyond my own actions and I hope and pray for that.

However, Erin, if that doesn't happen, you may be able to add Finland to your list of countries.

Warm thanks,
Lucia

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

Yes, usually guides won't give me names. Sometimes they do, when it's important. But usually they want the person to find out for themselves. it's an intimate relationship between a guide and their charge and the trust, faith, and confidence has to be there.

I agree with this.

Plus, a name... it doesn't mean anything.

I don't agree with this. For non-psychic people like me, who operate in *this* world most of the time, a name is important so that we know who we are connecting with. Things like psychic-signatures mean nothing to me.

Also, once I learned my guide's names, I looked them up online to see what the names mean, since the names they gave me were totally weird and I never heard of one, and hardly heard the other in my life. Once I looked their names up online, it shed a lot of insight into who they are as well.

I prefer to call them by the names they gave me, rather than BOB. I realize that the names they use might not be their names in reality since they may have had hundreds of names during hundreds of lifetimes, but the name they introduce themselves with are names they obviously prefer for whatever reason so I like to stick with them.

Maybe the reason you don't get names is because of your belief that names are not important. If you changed that belief, and realized that names might be important for your clients who don't understand concepts like psychic-signatures, perhaps you'd be given names more often, but I'm just guessing.

Anyway, it was awesome for me to connect to my guides myself and get their names. If names aren't important to you, that's cool, I just wanted to point out that it might not be the case for everyone.

[Erin Pavlina]

Actually my guides have given me their names. Rather, I should say that some of my guides have given me a specific name by which to call them, and others have not.

I just think a lot of people get hung up on names and if they don't get a name they think the guide doesn't exist.

By energy signature I mean you recognize what they look like or sound like.

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

Actually my guides have given me their names. Rather, I should say that some of my guides have given me a specific name by which to call them, and others have not.

I just think a lot of people get hung up on names and if they don't get a name they think the guide doesn't exist.

By energy signature I mean you recognize what they look like or sound like.

Well, as "non-psychics" (not yet anyway) we don't get to see what they look like or hear what they sound like, so names is all we have

Having said that, I think the point we're both trying to make is that if you're not able to contact your guides yourself yet, then you can use a psychic to connect to them and get information from them. However, for things like names or energy signatures, you've got to do that yourself.

One reason I was trying to get names before was also to distinguish between the different guides I have and their roles. For example, right now I know three of my guides' names and what area of life they help me with. So, for exmaple, when my guide who's role is to keep me safe tells me something I know he's saying that because he's trying to keep me safe so I take his advice with that point of view.

It's kind of like when you're part of a corporation and you ask your Internet Security expert something about a project, they will most likely come up with 100 ways security can be compromised. If you ask an accountant about the same project, the accountant will tell you all the accounting problems that might come up. Each person colors their opinion based on their role and you as the CEO make the final decision. I see it the same way with my guides. My "safety" guide just keeps me safe, so he will always give me advice that will keep me safest, but it might not be the same advice my other guides give me. I might want to take more risk.

Anyway, that's just the way I see it.

[Erin Pavlina]

Yes that's very true. I've recently discovered some interesting things about the Guide collective that I'll share in an upcoming blog entry. But you're on to something there Paul.